SCENE: Interior LIBRARY. Present is LORD GRANTHAM, CORA GRANTHAM, THE DOWAGER COUNTESS, EDITH, ANNA.
MR CARSON comes rushing in: “My Lord, I am afraid I have to say they have entered the main hall.”
LORD GRANTHAM: “All right, Mr. Carson. Well, we knew this day would come, let’s face it stoically, like proper Englishmen. I wish Tom were here, but for his fateful trip to York…”
Three PREDATORS enter the library, south entrance.
ANNA: “I would call Mr. Bates, but he’s in prison again.”
PREDATOR 1: “Let me put you out of your misery” (subtitled, as all PREDATOR lines are).
P1 shoots ANNA dead, covering the DOWAGER in a mist of gore. Shocked, all are quiet as the PREDATORS turn to face their victims.
MARY GRANTHAM enters the LIBRARY via the north entrance, all surprised to see her.
MARY: “I demand to know what is going on here! Papa? Mama? Where’s Anna, I need to start dressing for dinner!”
PREDATOR 2: “Shut up. We make the demands here.”
PREDATOR 3 grabs EDITH, points gun at her head.
PREDATOR 2: “It’s our time now.”
MARY sits down, the disdain evident on her face.
MARY: “Oh, good, I never thought this day would come! I get to see Edith put out of her misery. Are you going to do her bastard brat as well?”
EDITH: “You bitch! I hope they pleasure themselves at your expense, you slut!”
PREDATORS are shocked at this exchange. They look around, hestitantly… Finally, PREDATOR 2 speaks… English, this time.
PREDATOR 2, addressing MARY: “But… she’s your sister.”
MARY: Stares back, silent.
PREDATOR 2: Stares back, silent.
MARY: “Well? What are you waiting for?”
PREDATOR 3: “Damn, that’s some cold-blooded shit.”
PREDATOR 2: “No wonder they’re so dangerous. They literally don’t GAF. About themselves or anyone.”
PREDATORS stand down their weapons, confused. Finally, PREDATOR 1 lifts his head, speaks:
PREDATOR 1: “My apologies Lord Grantham, Dowager. Please send your charges to our man of business in London. And please let Mr. Bates know that we are deeply regretful.”
PREDATOR 2 and 3 keep a wary, almost scared, eye on MARY as they back out of the library. As the scene progresses, we see them flee the estate through the windows of DOWNTON ABBEY.
CORA CROWLEY: “Oh, Mary, we’re going to have to get you a new dressing maid. Do you think Mr Mosely…? No.”
LORD GRANTHAM: “We have an hour before dinner, sorry for the rush everybody, but I must attend to a matter before I get dressed.”
EVERYONE begins to leave the LIBRARY, camera placed in MAIN HALL
DOWAGER: “Like Tennyson said when I met him during my fling with Prince Karugin: ‘If it’s not one damned thing, it’s another’.”
Laughter, camera pans back, the swell of closing music
END EPISODE.